Super-Skrull + Smothering Tithe + Doubling Season

3-card combo · WUBRG

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop uses Super-Skrull's draw ability and Doubling Season to double Smothering Tithe's Treasure output past the activation cost, generating near-infinite mana and cards.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$34.00

Color identity

WUBRG

Popularity

3 decks

Format

Commander

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Super-Skrull's fourth ability costs 5U and forces an opponent to draw four cards, triggering Smothering Tithe four times; Doubling Season doubles the resulting Treasure tokens to two per uncontested trigger, netting six Treasures against the six mana spent. The loop lives or dies on whether the targeted opponent can pay 1 for each Tithe trigger — one player with a loaded mana base can stall it completely, which makes this fragile at tables with fast mana or high land counts.

How it works

Prerequisites

An opponent cannot pay for Smothering Tithe's trigger more than once. If the opponent can pay for Smothering Tithe's trigger more times, you can still perform the combo if you have enough mana to outlast their mana supply. You can also continue this combo for other opponents if mana allows. The extra mana can be used to activate any of Super-Skrull's abilities.

Steps

Activate Super-Skrull's fourth ability by paying , causing an opponent to draw four cards.
Smothering Tithe triggers four times, causing you to create two Treasure tokens for each time the opponent cannot pay for the trigger.
Activate six Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
Repeat.

Result

Infinite card draw for any number of opponents; Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite Treasure tokens; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite draw triggers; Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Parallel Lives substitutes for Doubling Season on the token-doubling slot and costs one less mana to cast, though it misses the counter-doubling applications elsewhere. The near-infinite Treasure and card output needs a closer — Aetherflux Reservoir or a large Walking Ballista from the mana pool is the cleanest line, since Super-Skrull's +1/+1 counter ability can also convert those extras into a lethal swing in the same turn.

Super-Skrull + Smothering Tithe + Doubling Season

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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